Numbers 20:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ And the children of Yisra’ĕl said to him, “We shall go by the highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I shall pay for it. Let me only pass over on foot, without a word.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And the Israelites said to him, We will go by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink of your water, I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The Israelites said to him, “We’ll go up by the road. If we drink from your water, either we or our livestock, we’ll pay for it. It’s a small matter. We would only ask to cross on foot.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And the sons of Israel said: "We will travel by the well-trodden path. And if we or our cattle drink from your waters, we will give you what is just. There shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us cross through quickly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just. There shall be no difficulty in the price; only let us pass speedily.

Numbers 20:19 Cross References

Exodus 12:38

And a mixed multitude went up with them too, also flocks and herds, very much livestock.

Deuteronomy 2:28

What food you sell me for silver I shall eat, and what water you give me for silver I shall drink. Only let me pass over on foot,

Deuteronomy 2:6

“What food you buy from them with silver you shall eat. And also, what water you buy from them with silver you shall drink.

1 Samuel 6:12

And the cows went straight for the way to Bĕyth Shemesh, and went along the highway, bellowing as they went, and did not turn aside, right or left. And the princes of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bĕyth Shemesh.